IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Conservation group ‘horrified’ by wild planting plan for Brighton war memorial garden

Members of a conservation group said that they were ‘horrified’ by a council plan to replace lawns in the Brighton war memorial garden with a bed of wild flowers, reports the Brighton and Hove News.

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Brighton and Hove News writes:

Members of a conservation group said that they were ‘horrified’ by a council plan to replace lawns in the Brighton war memorial garden with a bed of wild flowers.

And their criticism has been echoed by former council leader Mary Mears who said that it added insult to injury after the memorial was left in a dreadful state for VJ Day on Saturday 15 August.

The criticisms came after a presentation to Brighton and Hove City Council’s Conservation Advisory Group by council official Oliver Spratley.

Roger Amerena, the joint chair of the group, said: ‘There’s a manicured lawn which repeats the style in front of the war memorial itself.

‘The grassed area either side of the central path are to be a bed of local wild flowers.

‘We weren’t happy about it at all. I commented that (we were) horrified. I said that those of us that take part in ceremonies there know that the grassed area is used for seating and for the band.’….

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